Public Art and Architecture from Around the World

Tag: Muni

  • Transverse and Column at the Balboa Park Bart Station

    Balboa Park Bart Station Ocean and San Jose Avenue Transverse and Column by Carroll Barnes – 1977 Corten Steel 9’H x 8’W x 19’L * Carroll Barnes was born in Des Moines, Iowa in 1906.  He attended Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC and was awarded a national scholarship to study with Carl Milles…

  • Muni brings art to an industrial building

    700 Pennsylvania Potrero Hill * The Muni Ways and Structures Facility is located at 700 Pennsylvania Street at the base of Potrero Hill. The facility centralizes several Muni functions, including, among others, a machine shop, welding, carpentry, painting, and locksmith. Although the size and shape of the complex is unchanged from its former role as…

  • S.F. Bicycle Coalition Mural

    Castro/Duboce Avenue/Nob Hill Back of 2020 Market Street   In 1972 BART built the Market Street subway, including Muni Metro. Along the Duboce Avenue tunnel entrance was a single eastbound lane for cars. During the 1994 closure of the street, for construction, The Bicycle Coalition worked to show that this street, which when used by…

  • Hunters Point – Muni Stop

    Hunter’s Point 3rd Street Light Rail Project Revere/Shafter Station A Second team led by Horace Washington created stops in the Bayview/Hunters Point neighborhood. These artists attended many community meetings for input and direction about what kinds of concepts were desired for inclusion by neighborhood members. Many ideas were proposed including futuristic, ethnic, ecological and Victorian.…

  • San Francisco’s Muni Stops

    Cable cars have been synonymous with San Francisco since the 1800’s.  We correct people all the time in the vernacular of cable car versus trolly, but, we have trolly lines too.  Our muni system is just that.  Muni covers much of the city, and many people that visit our town ride the vintage trolly cars…